Riddles 1
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
The future
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
Where does today come before yesterday?
The dictionary
What has hands, but can’t clap?
A clock
What has many teeth, but can’t bite?
A comb
What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
A deck of cards
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
Your name
If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
A secret
What has words, but never speaks?
A book
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
What kind of coat is best put on wet?
A coat of paint
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
They are a grandfather, father and son.